# Is Kibana a site or native(java) plugin?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-kibana-a-site-or-native-java-plugin/137064>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 22, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-kibana-a-site-or-native-java-plugin/137064 "2018-06-22T18:22:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![abzter10690](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@abzter10690](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abzter10690)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-kibana-a-site-or-native-java-plugin/137064/1 "2018-06-22T18:22:48Z")

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What kind of plugin is Kibana - site or java plugin?  
How does the request route through when we try to access Kibana from browser using `_plugin/kibana` url.

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**Author:** ![chrisronline](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrisronline/32/28230_2.png) [@chrisronline](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chrisronline)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-kibana-a-site-or-native-java-plugin/137064/2 "2018-06-22T19:06:03Z")

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I'm not sure I understand. Kibana is an application you run, just like Elasticsearch.

Does that help?

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**Author:** ![abzter10690](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@abzter10690](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abzter10690)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-kibana-a-site-or-native-java-plugin/137064/3 "2018-07-19T01:26:39Z")

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What is the difference then in accessing kibana using localhost:5601 (running as separate application) vs localhost:9200/\_plugin/kibana (elasticsearch endpoint)

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-kibana-a-site-or-native-java-plugin/137064/4 "2018-07-19T06:04:35Z")

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Kibana is a stand alone server so there is no `_plugin/kibana` endpoint in Elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-kibana-a-site-or-native-java-plugin/137064/5 "2018-08-16T06:04:43Z")

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